Fastener strip



March 25, 1924. 1488,363

D. SILBERMAN FASTENER STRIP Filed Sept. 20. 1921 J1/fomato?, A

PATENT orifice.-

DAVID SILBERMAN, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FASTENER STRIP.

Application led September 20, 1921. Serial No. 501,948.

i To all 'whom t may concer/lt.' i

Be it known that I, DAVID SILBERMAN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,fhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastener Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to apparel and is particularly directedto an improved fastener strip.

As is well known, strips of this type are primarily employed toeliminate the trouble and expense of attachingseparate fasteners alongthe edges vof garment closures; and while the type of fastener employeddepends somewhat upon the articular use for which the strip is designemy'invention is more particularly adapted to strips carrying hooks andeyes respectively.

A principal "object of my invention is to provide a new `and improvedconstruction which will provide an unusually strong and firm mountingfor the vindividual fasteners, reducing materially the liability thatoneor two fasteners on a strip will pull out, Iwithout sacrificingcheapness of construction and the attractiveappearance of a garment madewith these strips.

Another object is to produce a strip which may be'very readily andrapidly manufactured by continuously-operating machines of standardtypes.

Other objects of my invention will be apl parent from the followingdescription taken in connection with'the accompanying drawings, inWhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of two complementary strips theends being yturned back to show the arrangement, construction and methodof interlocking the stri s. i

Figure 2 is a erspective view o the fastener-carrying e ement, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section through two connected complementarystrips.

j Broad] speaking, I attain-the above ob- .jects 'by rst mounting thehooks or eyes on a strip o f strong material; and I then sew thismaterial betweenplies of a covering strip to produce the finishedarticle. In

order to inake my construction clear I will first describe the method ofconstructing a preferred type of strip shown in the drawings.

I first attach a seriesof fasteners such .as the eyes 10 at spacedintervals along4 astip,

curely in finished position.

which preferably is in the form -of strong tape. While any means ofmounting the eyes may be used, I prefer to employ the rivets 12, asstandardmachines for riveting these fastenersv along the tape in themanner indicated are obtainable. This particular construction and methodis much stronger than ordinary cloth and the riveted arrangementeliminates well lknown difficulties in'- cident to sewing thefasteners'in position.:

The tape, :with the eyes 10 preferably located so as to project beyondan edge thereof, is placed on the cover strip 13 intermediatey itsedges, and a-marginal portion 14 of such strip is folded over the tapein such a.. v

way that its edge 15will extend over rivets 12, and preferably to orslightly beyond the adjacent edge of tape 11. The edge 14 is then 'sewedthrough the body of covering strip '13, the 'stitches 16 preferablypassing through the edge of tape 11, thereby binding the tape, fastenersand covering strip sethat for this purpose a sewing-machine be employedwhich will operate intermittently, so that no stitches will be extendedthrough the portion of the tape occupied by the fasteners; but ifdesired the stitching may be so arranged across the relatively thin wireportions of the fasteners so that it may be substantially continuous,the needle slidin past the wire ofthe fastener if it shoul u come downtoo close thereto.

`It will be apparent that numerous methods of sewing the over-turnedportion 14 through or over the tape 11 can be employed,

and my inventionl comprehends such varlal tions as will be apparent toone skilled in this art.

When the complementar "fastener strip including ,the covering strip 13aand fasteners 10` is similarly 4constructed the two may he assembled inwell known manner as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the fasteners. beingcovered on both sides by portions of the covering strips to protect thegarment from damage by the fasteners. However, if this `arran ementshould not be necessary or desrab eit will readily be understood thatthe portions of one or both covering strips extending beyond the linesof stitching 16 and 16EL may readily be turned back or substantiallydispensed with .without in 'terfering with the principal features ofmyinvention above outlined. It will however be likewise apparent that myconstruction It is preferred v permits shielding fasteners on bothsides, if it is considered preferable. e

From the above description it will be apparent that strips embodying myinvention may readily be manufactured in any of the various forms whichmay be required with the lgreatest speed and cheapness, as the tape 11may be run through a fastener-attaching machine and thence with thecovering strip 13 through simple guides tg the sewing machine presserfoot, only a single seam being required.. Furthermore, the constructionis extremely strong and durable.

While l have indicated the preferred form of mydnvention together withcertain modications which will be apparent to those skilled in the art,it will be evident that other changes and rearrangements may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims.

l claim:

l. A fastener stri including a tape base strip, a plurality oi'fasteners of the hook and eye type mounted at spaced intervals on saidbase strip and projecting beyond an edge thereot, a textile cover striplongitudinally folded and enveloping said base strip, the cover stripextending over the side o' the base strip to which the fasteners areLeeaeea attached substantially to the abovementioned edge thereof, andmeans extending through superposed portions of the cover strip'and basestri 2. A astener strip assembly comprising a substantially flat, basestrip of strong textile material, a plurality of fasteners of the hookand eye type rivet-ed to said strip at spaced intervals, near one .edgethereof and with active portions of the fasteners projecting beyond saidedge, a cover strip having a relatively wide portion'underlying saidbase strip and the projecting fastener members and another narrowerfolded portion overlying the base strip at the opposite face thereofenclosing .the base strip, and

a line of stitching securing the edge of said narrow cover strip portionto the wide cover strip portion, and securing the base strip andfasteners in position with the active fastener members projectingbeyond.l the edge of the narrow cover strip portion and accessible ferengagement vby cio-operative fastener members.

Signed at New York, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, this16th day of September, A. D 192i. l

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